Living
Epigram XXVI
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Communion with the good is friendship's root,
That dieth not until our death;
And on the boughs hang ever golden fruit: —
And this is friendship, the world saith.
Ourselves we doubt, our hearts we hardly know,
We lean for guidance on a friend;
Ay, on a righteous man we'd fain bestow
Our faith, and follow to the end.
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